How Apple Earns $325,000 A Minute [Infographic]

In the time it took you to type the words “Cult of Mac” into your web browser and read up to here in this article, Apple made approximately $162,585.

That’s the amount the Cupertino company earns every 30 seconds according to a new data visualization created on behalf of WorldPay Zinc — showing just how much revenue and profit Apple and its fellow tech giants make on a rolling basis.

The figures were amassed by pulling each company’s financial data based on the 2013 fiscal year, and then dividing the yearly totals by seconds.

Below is a table showing how Apple stacks up against its rivals:

Company

Total Revenue, $m

Total Profit, $m

Apple

$170,910.00

$37,037.00

Google

$59,825.00

$12,214.00

Microsoft

$77,849.00

$21,863.00

Amazon

$74,452.00

$745.00

Ebay

$16,047.00

$2,856.00

Yahoo!

$4,680.38

$479.89

Facebook

$7,872.00

$1,500.00

Twitter

$664.89

-$645.32

Samsung

$214,968.60

$28,576.00

The data visualization itself can be seen by clicking on the below link. It’s strangely hypnotic in its own way — particularly as the Apple “circle” continues to expand on screen.

About the author:

Luke Dormehl is a UK-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems, And Create More and The Apple Revolution, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme, and other publications. He'd like you a lot if you followed him on Twitter.

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Apple is doomed…

http://www.charlessamet.com/ Charlie Samet

Yes, I can see how making more profit than any other tech company is a real issue for Apple.